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Doping and Anti-Doping in Africa - Theory and Practice

English · Hardback

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This is the first book to focus on the problem of performance-enhancing substances and methods - also known as doping - in sports from African perspectives.

List of contents










1 Introduction to Doping and Sports in Africa
YAMIKANI NDASAUKA AND SIMON MATHIAS MAKWINJA
PART I
African Thought and Doping
2 Umunthu Ethics as a Framework for Anti- Doping Education
SIMON MATHIAS MAKWINJA AND YAMIKANI NDASAUKA
3 The African Athlete and Contemporary Francophone
Fiction: Doping in Jean- Marc Rigaux's Kipjiru 42... 195
BEATON GALAFA
4 Ubuntu/ Hunhu Ethics as an Anti- Doping Strategy in Sport
BEULLAH MATINHIRA AND TAWANDA MBEWE
5 Doping and the African Value System of Ubuntu
TAWANDA MBEWE
6 African Indigenous Sports Remedies and Doping
STELLA PATIENCE MIKWANA, AGATHA MAGOMBO, MANUEL KASULU, AND YAMIKANI NDASAUKA
7 Socio- Economic Context and Doping in Africa
JEAN- CHRISTOPHE LAPOUBLE
PART II
African Practice and Doping
8 Framing Anti-Doping Initiatives in Malawian Sports News
MWAONA NYIRONGO
9 Research- Based Educational Approach and Doping Management
CHARLES NYASA, BLESSINGS KAUNDA- KHANGAMWA, AND ENOCK CHISATI
10 "Witchcraft Doping" and Grassroots Sport Development
FRANK GEORGE MGUNGWE
11 "Dopogenic" Environment and Doping in African Sport
BEULLAH MATINHIRA
12 Conceptualising Juju as a Form of Doping in the Malawian Soccerscape
DAVE MANKHOKWE NAMUSANYA
13 African Sociocultural Context and WADA's Whereabouts Requirements
MANUEL KASULU, STELLA PATIENCE MIKWANA, AGATHA MAGOMBO, AND YAMIKANI NDASAUKA
14 Responsibility Gaps in Anti- Doping Initiatives in Malawi
YAMIKANI NDASAUKA, MAYA KATEKA, FISKANI KONDOWE, SIMON MATHIAS MAKWINJA, AND AKUZIKE KAFWAMBA
15 Conclusion: What Now of Doping and Sports in Africa?
YAMIKANI NDASAUKA AND SIMON MATHIAS MAKWINJA


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Yamikani Ndasauka is Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Malawi. His research interests are philosophy, applied ethics, and mental health. He is also Editor of the Journal of Humanities.
Simon Mathias Makwinja is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Malawi. His research falls broadly within African philosophy. His research interests are in the African thought and value systems.


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This is the first book to focus on the problem of performance-enhancing substances and methods - also known as doping - in sports from African perspectives.

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